Terror Academy (monsters only)

Rescuing a 400-year-old witch:

"Hi, Dickie!" came Barbara's voice.

Dick groaned and cringed. Conner and Wally were with the vampire teenager.

"Oh no. Vamp, you wanna run for it?" Conner asked.

Dick nodded and pushed between his friends but Barbara grabbed his arm.

"So, Dick, do you wanna-"

"No,"

"You didn't let me finish!" Barbara whined.

"Let me make one thing clear, Barbara. I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT WITH YOU! STOP TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE NOT!" Dick shouted at her.

"Are... are you breaking-up with me?" Barbara asked.

"Ugh! Barbara! We're not even together and we never will be!" Dick insisted.

Barbara gulped and ran off.

Zatanna sat in the shade of a tree during the final break before school ended. Klarion walked up to her.

"I heard your boyfriend cheated on you," he said.

"Get lost," Zatanna stated.

"C'mon, sweetness," said Klarion "Why don't you and me-"

"GET LOST!" Zatanna shouted at him.

Zatanna got up and tried to run past him. Klarion grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him.

"LET GO OF ME!" the immortal witch shouted at him.

"Give in to it, Zatanna. You know you want to," he said.

"LET GO-"

Zatanna was cut short by Klarion using magic to pull her voice away from her.

"Come on, sweetness," said Klarion, starting to drag her away.

Zatanna kept kicking and silently screaming. Megan was hidden in the shadows, watching it all play out.

"Say what?!" all of the group exclaimed.

"It's true! Klarion kidnapped Zatanna!" Megan squealed.

"We have to save her!" Raquel exclaimed.

"But where would Bleak take her?" Wally asked.

Everybody thought for a moment.

"I have an idea," said Dick.

Beulah Bleak was outside her locker, fixing her neat hair and straightening her crisp clothes.

"Beulah!" she heard someone shout her name.

A group of younger monsters walked up to her.

"Yes?" she answered.

"Your brother, Klarion. He's taken our friend, Zatanna," said a zombie bridesmaid "Where would he take her?"

"Is Zatanna a witch?" Beulah asked.

"Yes," they answered in unison.

"Then we must hurry," said Beulah "Follow me! I'll explain on the way!"

They followed Beulah down, into the caverns beneath the school.

"Klarion and I come from a part of the underworld called Limbo Town. We are the descendents of the Lords of Chaos," Beulah began to explain.

"Who are the Lords of Chaos?" Wally asked.

"The Lords of Chaos were the warlocks that began the war between monsters and humans back at the beginning of the Dark Ages," said Kaldur.

"Precisely!" said Beulah "Back in Limbo Town, Klarion got in trouble because of our heritage. Our mother, Charity Bleak, decided to send Klarion here to help him go straight,"

"So, why does Klarion want Zatanna?" Dick asked.

"Klarion wants to be a Lord of Chaos. To do so he has to summon our ancestor, Melmoth, and to do so he must sacrifice a descendant of one of the Lords of Order that banished the Lords of Chaos to the underworld," said Beulah, taking out a key and unlocking an iron door.

"Zatanna's the descendent of a Lord of Order? Which one?" Raquel asked.

"Nabu, the strongest one there was," said Beulah, walking into the room.

"So, why are we down here?" Conner asked.

Beulah came back out of the room, a black crossbow in hand.

"Because the last known relac that can destroy a Lord of Chaos is this, the Crossbow of Truth," she said "It's our only chance,"

Zatanna's wrists were tied so her arms were stretched out between 2 trees. There was a pool of black water in front of her. Klarion was reading from an ancient text that sat on a pedestal. He was mixing a potion at a table beside him.

"You're probably wondering what I'm doing, Descendant of Nabu," Klarion called her.

"..." Zatanna attempted to say.

"All I need is your blood to summon Melmoth," said Klarion.

Klarion took a knife and cut her upper arm. Zatanna silently shrieked. Klarion took out a vile and her blood dripped into it. The evil warlock poured his potion into the black pool then dripped Zatanna's blood into the pool.

"Esira ho live eno. Klaw eht htraE niaga. Ekat siht tnadnecseD fo ubaN sa ruoy rewop! Emoc morf ruoy nosirp! Ho droL fo soahC... I kaeps ruoy eman eerht semit..." Klarion went on his knees at the poolside "Melmoth..." the pool glowed red "Melmoth..." a figure grew from the water and Klarion gulped "Melmoth!"

The figure burst from the water surrounding his form.

"I. Am. Melmoth!" it announced.

Zatanna gasped, pulling at the ropes.

"Whom be the one to summon me from the underworld's most impenetrable prison?" Melmoth asked.

"It was me, great Melmoth," Klarion said.

"Whom be thy?" Melmoth asked.

"My name is Klarion Bleak, your descendant," the witch boy said.

"Thank thy, Klarion. Now, tell me. Are monsters and mortals still at war?" Melmoth asked.

"No, great Melmoth," Klarion said "The Dark Ages ended when you were imprisoned..." Klarion saw the horrified look on Zatanna's face "Imprisoned by her ancestor, Nabu the Lord of Order,"

"The Descendant of Nabu. Very good," said Melmoth, turning to look at her "Klarion, as thanks for freeing me, I shall make thy my servant. Now, servant. Are any relacs from the war between Chaos and Order still exist?"

"Only this one!" someone shouted.

A black arrow was shot through Melmoth's shoulder. They looked to see Klarion's big sister, Beulah, and Zatanna's friends. Another arrow materialized in the Beulah's crossbow.

"Sister?" Klarion exclaimed "What are you doing?!"

"Stopping Melmoth!" Beulah said, taking aim "And I will go through you if I must, dear brother," Beulah looked to Zatanna's friends "You get Zatanna. I'll stop Melmoth!"

Dick teleported to Zatanna as his friends battled Melmoth's minions who the Lord of Chaos had summoned from the underworld prisons. Zatanna wouldn't look at him.

"Listen, Zee. You probably don't want to see me but let me explain! Barbara left you that note and she kissed me so we wouldn't start dating," Dick broke the ropes and put his hands on her shoulders so she was forced to look at him "Zatanna... I really like you! And I... I want you to be my girlfriend! So, please, forgive me!"

Zatanna blinkered and threw her arms around his neck, kissing him.

"I'll take that as a yes!" Dick said, holding her in his arms.

"You betcha!" Zatanna said, smiling "Hey! My voice is back!" then she felt the pain in her upper arm "Youch!"

"Let me see," said the vampire, putting his fingertips to her wound and it healed right up.

"Wow! How'd you do that?" the immortal witch asked.

"It's a new vampire ability," said the vampire prince "Neat, huh?"

Zatanna smiled at him, but saw Beulah fighting Melmoth (and losing) behind him.

"Dick!" Zatanna squealed, pointing as Beulah was knocked-out.

Zatanna suddenly fell to her knees.

"Zatanna!" Dick exclaimed as she dropped.

A golden shine went over Zatanna's entire being and she was suddenly wearing a golden helmet, gold cape and navy unitard with gold armour plating.

"What the heck?" Dick asked.

"I am the descendant of a Lord of Order and now... I am one!" she said.

The Crossbow of Truth shook, flew from Beulah's hand and ended in Zatanna's hand. The Crossbow of Truth shone and turned golden. Zatanna flew up, into the air, and aimed the crossbow.

"You're going back to the underworld prisons, Melmoth!" the newly proclaimed Lord of Order announced.

"No! Not again!" Melmoth shouted at her.

"Dick... help Beulah. Get everyone away from here," said Zatanna, looking down at her new boyfriend "Things are about to get messy!"

Dick looked at her, his hood flipping off in the dusk wind. He gulped and ran down to the KO'd enchantress.

Wally grabbed Beulah's right arm and Dick grabbed her left. Wally looked up and his emerald eyes turned milky, his pupils disappearing, at the sight of the full moon. He let go of Beulah and arched back, howling! Wally went on hands and knees, becoming a white wolf (it's pretty obvious what he looks like). Dick got Beulah up and lay her down on Wolf's ('Wolf' being the name they'd given Wally's wolf-form) back.

"Wolf, let's go!" Dick said, pointing onwards.

They all ran for it. Dick looked behind to see the entire hill erupt into flames.

"Zee..." he said, his voice cracking.

There were monster police all around at the bottom of the hill. No one dared to go up the hill (monsters+fire=bad things). Their parents fussed over them, checking injuries and generally being parents.

"What happened to Zatanna?" Giovanni asked, stepping up to them all.

They all stared at him before looking at the fire at the top of the hill.

"No..." Giovanni said "She's all I had left,"

"Zatanna's a descendant of Nabu the Lord of Order?" Raquel asked, floating in front of him.

"...Yes. On her mother's side," the warlock said, looking down at his daughter's friend.

Dick looked down. His gloves were in his pockets, his hood was down and his jacket was unzipped. Being undead, Dick couldn't get cold and getting warm felt unnatural to him, so a shiver going up his spine was unique and strange. He looked to the path in the trees that led up the hill. A shadow was coming down it. Dick stood up from where he sat on the hood of his family's hearse.

"Dick? What is it?" Bruce asked his son.

Wolf barked from where he and his family (all in wolf-form) were standing.

Everybody followed Dick's eyes to see the figure. It stepped into the light and revealed itself to be Zatanna, her mini-skirt and tank-top and cardigan and her (classic) witch hat torn up. She smiled at her friends as they ran up to her, enveloping her in a group hug. They pushed Dick and Zatanna into each other's arms.

"So... you're a Lord of Order now?" Dick said.

"Nah... I'll stick to being Zatanna the Mistress of Magic in training, instead of Zatanna the Lord of Order," she said.

"Good because Zatanna the Mistress of Magic in training is the one I like," Dick answered and Zatanna leaned into him, her arms around his torso.

"Vamp, your girlfriend is unreal," said Conner.

"I know," said Dick, looking into her eyes "That's something I like about her,"

Zatanna looked into his eyes, taking his mask off to reveal his sapphire-eyes.

"Just kiss already," said Raquel.

Dick and Zatanna laughed before doing as they were told...

THE END! Has anyone figured out who Dick's mom is? No? The answer was Selina Kyle.

I've had this idea in my head for ages. I might return to this in the future.

Have a Happy Hallowe'en!